Frozen Foods

Improved quality, line extensions, product innovation, and high margins crown private label as the dairy aisle's royalty.

SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion has teamed with Boston Market Corp. in an arrangement that will bring fresh, ready-to-eat Boston Market home-style meals to Food Lion supermarkets. The new concept debuted earlier this month in a Food Lion in Concord, N.C.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Bunge North America's Bunge Foods subsidiary has executed a definitive agreement to sell its bakery business to Jackson, Mich.-based Dawn Food Products Inc., for $76 million.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons, Inc. has named Duncan MacNaughton its new group v.p., grocery merchandising. In his new post, MacNaughton will lead Albertsons' efforts in key center store categories, including grocery, dairy, and frozen, and will also oversee Beer/Wine/Liquor as well as the company's growing fuel center operations.

NEW YORK - Discount retailer Dollar General Corp. today said it expects to open 675 new stores in the current fiscal year, and anticipates a similar growth rate in the next three fiscal years.

ATLANTA - Manhattan Associates, Inc. a provider of supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, today announced that Frozen Food Express Transportation Services, Inc., one of the largest temperature-controlled carriers of perishable goods (primarily food products, health care supplies, and confectionary items) in North America, has chosen its Transportation Management Systems (TMS) suite to increase collaboration between its subsidiary carriers and streamline its transportation operations.

CHICAGO - Dean Foods Co. said Wednesday that federal securities regulators are considering filing civil charges against the company alleging that it assisted bankrupt Fleming Cos. with questionable bookkeeping entries.

ATLANTA - After a successful yearlong test in select markets throughout the nation, Kash 4 Gas will be available in Kroger grocery stores throughout Georgia, including Atlanta, Rome, Macon, and Dalton, among other locations. Kash 4 Gas is a customer loyalty program produced by Dallas, Texas-based Centego Marketing, Inc., in which shoppers earn free gasoline for purchasing specified grocery items.